James E. Gaylord

James E. Gaylord worked as an FBI Special Agent and Supervisor for 30-plus years, conducting Counterintelligence investigations until his retirement in March 2017. He was the Case Agent for the entire espionage investigation, prosecution, and conviction of U.S. citizen and L-3 Communications naval electrical engineer Chi Mak, his wife “Rebecca” Laiwah Chiu, brother Tai Wang Mak, sister-in-law Fuk Heung Li, and nephew “Billy” Yui Mak. Mr. Gaylord was also the Co-Case Agent and mentor for the follow-on economic espionage investigation, prosecution, and conviction of Chi Mak’s associate, “Greg” Dongfan Chung, a structural aerospace engineer for Rockwell and The Boeing Company. Thereafter, Agent Gaylord managed spin-off investigations of Mak and Chung associates, and prosecutions of other individuals for stealing U.S. technologies for Communist China.